Rockets oppose Astros’ motion to delay CSN Houston bankruptcy case

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The Rockets said Monday they oppose an Astros motion to delay proceedings in the Comcast SportsNet Houston bankruptcy case while a decision to place the network under Chapter 11 protection is being appealed.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur will hold a 2:30 p.m. hearing today on the Astros’ motion to stay the Chapter 11 case while their appeal is pending before U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes.

The Rockets, in a statement filed Monday afternoon with the court, for the first time in court documents said they also are suffering financially because of the CSN Houston deadlock and that their problems at this point outweigh those of the Astros.

“The Astros cite only indirect harms in allowing the chapter 11 process to continue,” attorneys for the Rockets said. “The Rockets, on the other hand, are already owed millions of dollars of media rights fees and are exclusively financing this case as additional media rights fees come due on a monthly basis and remain unpaid.

“The Rockets cannot wait an extended period of time for the network to be restructured an the indirect harms of which the Astros complain are inconsequential when compared to significant burdens being imposed on the Rockets by any further delays.”

Comcast also opposes the stay. The Astros want the decision to place the network in bankruptcy overturned and the case dismissed, which would allow them to regain their media rights and seek a new TV partner.